Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are investigating the shooting of a man who was found on Randolph Road on Thursday morning.

Police initially responded to the scene, on Randolph at Laurel Avenue, about 5:35 a.m. as a traffic collision with an injury. But when they arrived, they found a man who had been shot.

According to police reports, the shooting victim apparently had gotten out of a car when authorities arrived, and the car drove off. It is not clear if the man was shot at the scene, or if the shooting took place elsewhere.